Vantage Point
Vantage Point Rulebook
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Bad Publicity
When Corps overreach, not everyone looks the other way. A crucial few may organize, hinder Corp operations, or aid those who do. Their outside support can add up and help a Runner make every run count just a little more.
BAD PUBLICITY COUNTERS are only gained and lost through card abilities. Place them near the Corp's identity to track how much bad publicity they have.
Every time a run is about to begin, the Runner fills their BAD PUBLICITY FUND with a number of credits from the bank equal to the number of bad publicity counters the Corp has. These credits can be spent for any purpose during the run, but anything left in the fund when the run ends is returned to the bank.
Vantage Point introduces a rules change that simplifies how bad publicity works: the bad publicity fund is now a dedicated location. Credits there are not part of the Runner's credit pool, so they aren't counted or affected by abilities that check how many credits the Runner "has" or that make the Runner "lose" credits. You can use the other side of this card to represent the bad publicity fund in the play area.
Bad Publicity Fund
Printed on the Bad Publicity Fund card: Place credits the Runner gains from the Corp's bad publicity here.
Playing with Méliès U
Vantage Point contains 3 copies of Méliès U: Only the Brightest, each corresponding to a different central server. While playing with this identity, the Corp ends each of their turns by secretly setting 1 of those copies as their active identity card. In this way, the Corp tries to predict which central server the Runner will challenge first on their next turn.
When the Runner makes a successful run on a central server, the Corp must flip their identity, revealing their current prediction. If the prediction is correct, the ability on the back side will resolve and allow the Corp to further manipulate the future.
Each version of Méliès U's back face has the same effects: the only difference is which central server meets the trigger condition. To help identify which version is which, they are marked with these icons:
- HQ
- R&D
- Archives
Finally, any time the Runner ends their turn without making a successful run on a central server, Méliès U's last ability will give the Corp an extra credit.